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The Hera Rewrites HER/OUR Story

January 16, 2025 By Debra Disman

“Writer Elizabeth Lesser asks “What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her?”

Flipping through the pages of your high school history textbook, how many stories are written about women as monumental protagonists? When was the last time you watched a movie that passed the Bechdel test? When was the last time there were more women than men on the Supreme Court voting on the right to our bodies? 

As brands of “faux” feminism partnered with consumerist culture push out media representing women’s liberation through a patriarchal gaze, how can we reclaim the visual language to share more authentic stories? How can our art share the stories of women, trans women, and non-binary folks written out of the history books? How does your work give voice to the overlooked and underrepresented? 

Hera Gallery presents 52 works that rewrite this cultural consciousness for a more inclusive human history.”

Please see the SHOW here!

I am honored to have two pieces in this salient year-long online exhibition, and participate in a small way, in Rewriting Her/Our/Their Story.

“White Zip”
, 2020, 21.25″ x 20.5″ x .25″, canvas, acrylic paint, lace, zipper, hemp cord, linen thread, wood

“Into The Bush“, 2020, 11 x 19 x 7 , book board, canvas, sewing thread, acrylic paint

Please see the SHOW here!

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The HERa Rewrites HER/OUR Story

January 3, 2025 By Debra Disman

I am thrilled to participate in the Hera Gallery’s year long, 52-piece online show, “Rewriting her Story“

“Writer Elizabeth Lesser asks “What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her?”

Flipping through the pages of your high school history textbook, how many stories are written about women as monumental protagonists? When was the last time you watched a movie that passed the Bechdel test? When was the last time there were more women than men on the Supreme Court voting on the right to our bodies? 

As brands of “faux” feminism partnered with consumerist culture push out media representing women’s liberation through a patriarchal gaze, how can we reclaim the visual language to share more authentic stories? How can our art share the stories of women, trans women, and non-binary folks written out of the history books? How does your work give voice to the overlooked and underrepresented? 

Hera Gallery presents 52 works that rewrite this cultural consciousness for a more inclusive human history.”

I am honored to have two pieces in this salient exhibition, and to participate in a small way, in Rewriting Her/Our/Their Story.

 

Please see the SHOW in its entirety HERE.

My works in the show:
WHITE ZIP

and
INTO THE BUSH

Please see the SHOW here.

Filed Under: ARTISTS, Exhibitions, MEDIA, TEXTILE/FIBER, Textiles/Fiber/Cloth, Venues, Women Artists, Work Tagged With: Artist Book, authentic stories, Bechdel test, cultural consciousness, Elizabeth Lesser, Female, Feminism, Feminist, Fiber, girl, girls, Hera, Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery, Hera Gallery, Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, inclusive human history, International Women's Day, Into the Bush, Omega Institute, Rewriting Her Story, Rewriting stories, Story, Tapestry, Textiles, White Zip, Women, Women's Month, Women's stories, women’s liberation

EXHIBITIONISTA: “REWRITING HER STORY” at the Hera Gallery

January 2, 2025 By Debra Disman

“Writer Elizabeth Lesser asks “What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her?”

Flipping through the pages of your high school history textbook, how many stories are written about women as monumental protagonists? When was the last time you watched a movie that passed the Bechdel test? When was the last time there were more women than men on the Supreme Court voting on the right to our bodies? 

As brands of “faux” feminism partnered with consumerist culture push out media representing women’s liberation through a patriarchal gaze, how can we reclaim the visual language to share more authentic stories? How can our art share the stories of women, trans women, and non-binary folks written out of the history books? How does your work give voice to the overlooked and underrepresented? 

Hera Gallery presents 52 works that rewrite this cultural consciousness for a more inclusive human history.”

I am honored to have two pieces in this salient exhibition, and participate in a small way, in Rewriting Her/Our/Their Story.
WHITE ZIP

and

INTO THE BUSH

Please see the SHOW here.

 

Tagged With: authentic stories, Bechdel test, cultural consciousness, Elizabeth Lesser, Female, Feminism, Feminist, girl, girls, Hera, Hera Educational Foundation and Gallery, Hera Gallery, Hera Gallery and Educational Foundation, inclusive human history, International Women's Day, izabeth, Omega Institute, Rewriting Her Story, Rewriting stories, Story, Women, Women's Month, Women's stories, women’s liberation

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